2 h. ago ASX stays in the red after RBA keeps rates on hold; TPG shares fall

The Australian sharemarket stayed in the red after the Reserve Bank held interest rates steady on Tuesday afternoon and said recent data suggested “the risks to inflation have tilted to the upside”.

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5 h. ago Get daily suet pies and traditional Sunday roasts on Thornbury’s High Street

Northern Git is all about meat and classic sides.

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11 h. ago Warren Buffett’s protege makes shock switch to Wall Street rival

Warren Buffett’s $US1 trillion conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway has been dealt a blow just weeks before the 95-year-old retires.

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12 h. ago ASX set to slide on RBA day as Wall Street retreats; Magnum ice cream disappoints in debut

US stocks are pulling away from their record heights, setting up the Australian sharemarket to open lower this morning.

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12 h. ago Why this architect needed a heritage impact statement to change his own work

Andrew Andersons has updated his 1988 design of the State Library of NSW’s Macquarie Street wing, including letting light into the reading rooms that are underground.

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27 h. ago When Australia needed something special, the skipper and hometown hero stood up

A shock inclusion changed the game for Australia. Even at 35, a huge calendar could keep him in the frame for another chance.

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30 h. ago Joyce makes switch to One Nation as Hanson travels to Tamworth for announcement

Joyce had been dangling the prospect of defecting to One Nation for weeks since this masthead reported in early October that he was in negotiations with Hanson.

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33 h. ago Hanson travels to Joyce’s hometown as One Nation switch looms

Joyce has been dangling the prospect of defecting to One Nation for weeks since this masthead reported in early October that he was in negotiations with Hanson.

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3 d. ago Don’t forget about us: The contenders now lining up to take Khawaja’s Test place

As Australia’s next in line mounted their case, England’s reserves hit a wall as their first-choice batsmen struggled. But Joe Root insists he trusts his teammates.

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3 d. ago Why Cricket Australia boss has no issue with Nathan Lyon being ‘absolutely filthy’ at selectors

A shattered Lyon was brutally honest about the selectors’ shock call to dump him for the day/night Test during a candid prime-time TV interview.

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3 d. ago ASX Runners of the Week: Phoslock, Black Horse, DGR & African Gold

The Bulls N’ Bears ASX Runner of the Week is Phoslock Environmental Technologies, after it flicked the switch on its Chinese water treatment factory after four long years.

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4 d. ago ASX recovers on tech strength despite rate cut hopes dissipating

Tech and gold companies have lifted the Australian market out of an early loss following a positive lead from Wall Street.

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4 d. ago ASX recovers on mining strength despite rate cut hopes dissipating

Mining giants and banks have lifted the Australian market out of an early loss following a positive lead from Wall Street.

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4 d. ago Family of teen who was fatally stabbed by rival gang speaks at sentence hearing

The family of the teenager who was fatally stabbed at the Easter Show in 2022 have spoken at a sentence hearing.

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5 d. ago ASX gains amid BHP, Rio Tinto’s copper rally; Property trusts decline

The Australian sharemarket advanced on Thursday, driven by the nation’s mining and banking heavyweights, while a surge in bond yields pulled down real estate investment trusts.

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5 d. ago The Ashes 2025 second Test day one LIVE updates: England bat first as Cummins, Lyon miss out and Australia spring selection shock

The Ashes roll on with the second Test at the Gabba and drama already around team selections. Follow all the action live.

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5 d. ago Drone footage shows devastation in Ukrainian town all but encircled by Russian forces

Barely a street appears untouched in Myrnohrad in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, not far from the key logistics hub of Pokrovsk that Moscow claims to now control.

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6 d. ago ASX gains, led by property stocks, after GDP comes in below forecasts

The Australian sharemarket remains in the green after new figures showed the economy grew less than expected last quarter,

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6 d. ago Hundreds of units and ‘taller, thinner’ towers: The divisive plan to revive Bondi Junction

Waverley Council wants to encourage more apartments and late-night venues around Oxford Street mall. Not everyone agrees.

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6 d. ago Team orders: the mistakes that could cost McLaren the championship

From friendly fire in Canada to a positional switch in Italy, here are the times ‘papaya rules’ have cost McLaren this season.

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